Boeing will showcase the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II flight simulator and an array of company products, services and capabilities at the Latin America Aerospace and Defence (LAAD) 2009 trade show, held April 14-17 in Rio de Janeiro.

The Boeing Company and Danish systems integration and software development company Systematic have signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) that outline areas for future business cooperation between the two companies.

The Bell Boeing Program Office has announced that it was awarded Phase I of a two-phase Joint Performance Based Logistics (PBL) contract from Naval Air Systems Command in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command to support the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft.

Boeing has successfully completed its Industrial and Regional Benefits program for Phase 1 of the CF-18 Fighter Avionics Modernization Program for the Canadian Forces.

Boeing announced that the U.S. Air Force has authorized the Commonwealth of Australia’s provision of US$234 million for Boeing to complete production of the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite.

Boeing Defence UK Ltd., a subsidiary of The Boeing Company announced the establishment of a new operation to focus on Boeing’s rotorcraft support business in the United Kingdom.

Boeing announced that its St. Louis site has earned International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001 certification, a global benchmark of an organization’s commitment to understand and continuously improve its environmental performance.

Students from Northwest Polytechnic University, Wuhan University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology earned the top three prizes in the 2008 Boeing Shanghai Challenge for their concepts about how to operate an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility in a more environmentally progressive fashion.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the award of a contract to Thales UK in partnership with The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] for the System-of-Systems Integrator (SOSI) role on the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) program.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced a series of new leadership assignments within its Integrated Defense Systems unit designed to build on continued strong performance of the company’s defense, intelligence and space businesses, which earlier this week posted record financial results.